Ambedkarnagar.

Today, Doctors XI defeated Panchayat Secretary XI Ambedkar Nagar by 4 wickets in the Road Safety Sadbhavana Cup organized under the aegis of Aaradhya Shree Foundation. This is the 14th consecutive win for the Doctors XI team.

This morning, on the grounds of J.S.R. Cricket Academy, Akbarpur, the captain of Doctors XI, Dr. G. D. Verma won the toss and decided to field first. Accepting the invitation, Panchayat Secretary XI Ambedkar Nagar scored 133 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 16 overs with the help of Abhishek's blazing 37 runs. Vice-captain Rajashekhar made a valuable contribution of 32 runs and Ratnesh made a valuable contribution of 10 runs. For Doctor XI, Dr. Aneesh took 2 wickets, Rohit took 2 wickets, Dr. Abhineet, Dr. Siddhant, Dr. Utkarsh took 1-1 wicket respectively. Chasing the target of 134 runs, Doctors XI scored 134 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 14.2 overs. Team's openers Sajan Dev Kesar and Himanshu batted aggressively and scored 38 runs in 4 overs power play. Himanshu, while batting explosively, contributed 27 runs with the help of 5 fours and one six in 10 balls and Sajan Dev Kesar contributed 25 runs with the help of five fours in 15 balls. Panchayat Secretary XI bowler Suraj Singh tried his best to bring his team back into the match by taking 2 wickets in a single over, but the middle order batsman of the opposition team, Dr. Amod, played an important role in helping his team win by playing a patient and responsible innings. He added 36 runs with his fellow batsman Rohit for the fifth wicket and valuable 17 runs with Dr. Pravesh for the sixth wicket. Dr. Amod scored 42 runs in 27 balls with the help of 2 fours and 3 sixes and Rohit scored 17 runs. For Panchayat Secretary XI, Suraj Singh and Anil Singh took 2 wickets each and Sonu got one wicket. The chief guest of the match was senior doctor Dr. B. D. Verma. Addressing everyone, he said that sports leads to physical and mental development. Along with the players, all the general public should always follow the traffic rules.

Before the match, everyone remained silent for 2 minutes and paid tribute to the souls of the young cricketers who lost their lives in the Purvanchal Express. Today both the teams played the cricket match with black bands on their arms. Thereafter the teams were administered an oath to follow road safety and traffic rules.

Player of the match award went to Dr. Amod, best batsman Dr. Himanshu, best bowler Dr. Anish, best fielding Suraj Singh, best wicket keeper Rajshekhar Singh, best captain award went to Dr. G.D. Verma and fair play award went to Rajshekhar Singh.

In the match, umpire Ajay Srivastava, Gaurav, commentator Dr. S.M. Bakir, Vikram Singh and Score Ravi. On this occasion, sports lovers including Dr. Hemant Singh, Anurag, Aditya Singh, Gaurav, Vipul Singh, Manish Yadav, Abhishek, Vimal Kirti, Dharmendra Yadav were present.